Mustache-curler.



PATENTED 00T'. zo'y 190s.' J. -PHELANJZ L. BRAUND.

MUSTACHE' CURLER.

APPLIOATION'FILLD JAN. 31, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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MUsTAcHE-ou RLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,711, dated October 20, 1903.

Application led January 3l, 1903. Serial No. 141,338. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN PHELAN and LOUIS BRAUND, citizens of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Mustache-Curler, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved device for curling the hair, and is particularly adapted for curling the ends of a mustache, the object being to provide a simple and efficient device by means of which the ends `of a ,mustache may be securely grasped while being curled orptwisted and afterward held in such position until the mustache is thoroughly curled.

With these objects Vin view the invention consists, essentially, in the employment of a bifurcated twisting-iron having a handle detachably connected thereto, the members of said bifurcated twisting-iron being normally separated a short distance from each other, and a supporting-bracket in which the twisting-iron is arranged, said supporting-bracket being adapted to force the members ofthe bifurcated iron together for the purpose of grasping the mustache.

The invention consists also in certain details of constructionand novelties of combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a view showing the practical application of our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the device ready for use. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the curling -iron moved so as to force the members together for the purpose of grasping the mustache. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, partly in elevation. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a curling-iron. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the detachable handle, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the bracket. Fig. Sis a detail perspective view showing a modification, the curling-iron being-formed' in two parts.

In carrying out our invention we employ a bifurcated curling-iron A, the shank A having a handle B detachably connected thereto, said handle being preferably roughened or milled, as shown at B', so that the curlingiron can be readily rotated. The curling-iron, with the handle connected thereto, is carried by a bracket C, comprising a bearing portion 'grasped between the thumb and forefinger of either hand, and the handle is then grasped betweenV the thumb and foreinger of the other hand, andV by rotating or twisting the handle between the fingers it will be readily seen that the bifurcated members of the ironv are also twisted and the mustache wound thereon, as shown to the left in Fig. 1 of the drawings. After the mustache has been thus wound upon the iron the handle is drawn downwardly, which causes the bifurcated members to enter or be drawn into the bearing portion C' for a short distance, which firmly presses the members of the bifurcated iron together and also locks the bracket firmly in place, and in this'position the hold is relaxed, when the projecting finger C2 will be thrown against the vface of the user by reason of the tendency of the mustache to uncurl; but it will be readily seen that the mustache will be prevented fromuncurling by the finger O2, as before stated. It will be readily seen that we provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and ecient construction of curling device that can be quickly and easily applied and removed and one that can be left upon the. mustache for a short space of time without the least discomiture or annoyance.A

In Fig. 8 we have shown the curling-iron made in two pieces A2, each piece having an offset or shouldered portion A3, andthe ends are threaded, as shown at A4, so that when the sections of the iron are placed together the handle can be screwed thereon.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A curling device of the kind described comprising a bifurcated curling-iron and a ICO handle detachably connected thereto, a tubular bearing through which the curling-iron passes, and a finger integral with the bearing and extending substantially parallel with the bifurcated end of the curlingiron,as speciiied.

2. The combination With a bifurcated curling-iron having a shank portion, a handle on said portion, a cylindrical bearing adapted to rest on the shank portion adjacent the handle and to slide on the bfnrcated memloensl x and press them together, and a projecting linger connected to said bearing.

JOI-IN PHELAN. LOUIS BRAUND.

Witnesses:

THOMAS A. WILSON, M. ELIZABETH HAMMOND. 

